Grocery Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Honesdale, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Grocery Sales Associate position at WEIS is for individuals seeking a company that values respect, understanding, appreciation, teamwork, and the growth of its associates and communities. This role is primarily responsible for maintaining a well-stocked, organized, and appealing Grocery department to meet customer demands and maximize sales. Key duties include building displays, stocking and rotating merchandise to ensure freshness, and ensuring products are easily accessible to customers. Associates are expected to store excess merchandise according to backroom organization guidelines. A significant aspect of the role involves positive customer interaction, including greeting, answering questions, and promptly resolving concerns in a polite and professional manner. The associate must apply proper stocking techniques, ensure merchandise is in saleable condition with correct prices and signs, and handle damaged or discontinued items according to company policy. General sanitation in the department is also a responsibility, requiring adherence to cleaning schedules and department guidelines to maintain clean work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases, meeting all health and OSHA requirements. The role also involves proper trash disposal, maintaining productivity standards, work methods, shrink control, and compliance with security regulations. Associates are expected to put out stock at an acceptable rate and may assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries using power or hand jacks (with provided training), and baling cardboard (with provided training). Cooperation with co-workers and supervisors is essential for smooth department and store function. Continuous improvement in job performance and the utilization of company-provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE), such as cut-resistant gloves, safety cutters, and company-sponsored footwear, are also required. Associates may be called upon to assist in other departments. Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to non-discrimination and providing reasonable accommodations for disabilities, and fosters a family-oriented environment that offers growth and career opportunities.

Requirements

Completed or working towards a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
No prior experience required.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keeps the Grocery department well stocked, organized and appealing to meet customer demands and maximize sales.
Build displays to drive incremental sales.
Stocks and rotates merchandise to ensure freshness.
Keeps product within easy customer reach.
Stores excess merchandise according to backroom organization guidelines.
Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions and helps resolve customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner.
Applies proper stocking techniques to ensure products are properly located on shelves, ensures merchandise is in saleable condition with correct prices and signs.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of power jack or hand jack (if properly trained –training provided).
Handles damaged or discontinued items according to company policy.
Removes product that cannot be sold.
Responsible for general sanitation in the department.
Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements.
Disposes of trash properly.
Maintains productivity standards, work methods and standards and shrink control.
Complies with security regulations and policies.
Puts out stock at an acceptable rate as determined by company standards.
May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties (if properly trained. Training provided).
Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and supervisors.
Responsible to continuously improve job performance.
Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE). Including but not limited to cut resistant gloves, safety cutters, company sponsored footwear, etc.
May also be called upon to assist in other departments.